Organic Maps is a privacy-first offline maps & GPS app for hiking, cycling, biking, and driving. Absolutely free. No ads. No tracking. Created and maintained by MapsWithMe (MAPS.ME) founders, developed with love by the open-source community. Powered by OpenStreetMap data. Installed by over 6 million users worldwide.
Features
Organic Maps is the ultimate companion app for travellers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists:
- Detailed offline maps with places that don't exist on other maps, thanks to OpenStreetMap
- Cycling routes, hiking trails, and walking paths
- Contour lines, elevation profiles, peaks, and slopes
- Turn-by-turn walking, cycling, and car navigation with voice guidance
- Subway maps and public transport routes
- Fast offline search on the map
- Bookmarks and tracks import and export in KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoJSON formats
- Dark Mode to protect your eyes
- Countries and regions don't take a lot of space
- Wikipedia articles for places of interest
- Free and open-source
Why Organic?
Organic Maps is pure and organic, made with love:
- Respects your privacy
- Saves your battery
- No unexpected mobile data charges
- Offline and fast
- Open-source alternative to Google Maps, Apple Maps, and MAPS.ME
Organic Maps is free from trackers and other bad stuff:
- No ads
- No tracking
- No data collection
- No phoning home
- No annoying registration
- No mandatory tutorials
- No noisy email spam
- No push notifications
- No crapware
No pesticides Purely organic!
The Android application is verified by the Exodus Privacy Project:
The iOS application is verified by TrackerControl for iOS:
Organic Maps doesn't request excessive permissions to spy on you:
At Organic Maps, we believe that privacy is a fundamental human right:
- Organic Maps is an indie community-driven open-source project
- We protect your privacy from Big Tech's prying eyes
- Stay safe no matter where you are
Reject surveillance - embrace your freedom.
Give Organic Maps a try!
Who is paying for the development?
The app is free for everyone, so we rely on your donations. Please donate at organicmaps.app/donate to support the project!
Beloved institutional sponsors below have provided targeted grants to cover some infrastructure costs and fund development of new selected features:
The majority of all expenses have been funded by founders of the project since its inception. The project is far from achieving any sort of financial sustainability. The current level of voluntary donations falls significantly short of covering efforts needed to sustain the app. Any new developments of features are beyond the scope of possibility due to the absence of the necessary financial resources.
Please consider donating using cards or Apple/Google Pay if you want to see this open-source project thriving, not dying.
Other ways to donate:
There are also other ways how to support the project. No coding skills required.
Governance
See docs/GOVERNANCE.md.
Contributing
If you want to build the project, check docs/INSTALL.md. If you want to help the project,
see docs/CONTRIBUTING.md. You can help in many ways, the ability to code is not necessary.
Beta
Please join our beta program, suggest your features, and report bugs:
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